Allende, Isabel

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Allende, Isabel

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Allende, Isabel

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Isabel Allende draws deeply on South America's turbulent history, as well as personal experience, to craft magical multigenerational sagas, novels, short stories, and memoirs. Known for her vibrant characterization of women and her lyrically descriptive prose, Allende subtly combines the traditional with elements of the fantastic in a magical realist style. Blending the social, political, romantic, and historic, she produces engrossing stories that linger with her readers. Allende also write a series for Teens that combines adventure and magical realism with a coming-of-age journey. Start with: The House of the Spirits (Adults); City of the Beasts (Teens)

Isabel Allende draws deeply on South America's turbulent history, as well as personal experience, to craft magical multigenerational sagas, novels, short stories, and memoirs. Known for her vibrant characterization of women and her lyrically descriptive prose, Allende subtly combines the traditional with elements of the fantastic in a magical realist style. Blending the social, political, romantic, and historic, she produces engrossing stories that linger with her readers. Allende also write a series for Teens that combines adventure and magical realism with a coming-of-age journey. Start with: The House of the Spirits (Adults); City of the Beasts (Teens)